Sportsbook_com's Blog

After last nights Laker game against the Nuggets this question actually makes much more sense then it did in the beggining or mid-point of the season.

Bynum posted a triple-double last night and terrorized the Nuggets in the paint on both ends of the floor. 10 blocks matched an NBA postseason record and he posted the first Laker playoff triple-double in over 20 years, last player who did that was Magic Johnson when the Lakers lost to the Bulls in the 1991 finals.

He blocked 11% of all of Denvers combined shots and Lakers as a team swatted away one in every 6 shot attemps. That is unbelievable statistics. Even though Kobe scored a quiet 31 points, Bynum was the star last night and outshined not only Kobe and the hollywood A-listers sitting courtside but quite possibly eclipsed Dwigh Howard for the top center in the league.

Is that too much to say after one game and the season Bynum has been having?

Kobe gave up the scoring title to Durant in exchange for much needed rest for the playoffs. He has only one thing in his sight and that’s an NBA Championship trophy. Durant and his young squad on the other hand are looking to run away for their 1st. The former Champs are not what they used to be but are always a threat with Nowitzki and Terry on the floor. The Clippers now have two All-Stars propelling them into their first playoffs since 2006 and the Grizzlies are as always the most unpredictable team in the bracket. Duncan, Parker and Ginobili are hoping to make their last run for a title together while the Jazz, well for them it will be a long shot. Ohh and Denver is in there somewhere as well.

Whichever of those teams gets to the finals will have to overcome the Eastern Champion who this year will prove to be difficult in any case. There are the number 1 Bulls of course and the surging Heat right behind them. Indiana emerged as the biggest surprise this season and are sitting comfy in 3rd place entering the playoffs. Boston is right behind them after playing their best pasketball after the all-star break and Rondo making history with his barrage of assists. Theres the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando but the Magic have lost Dwight Howard due to a back injury and it will be difficult for them to overcome his absence. Then we have the Knicks, the most inconsistent and at the same time dangerous squad in t... [More]

The 1st round was full of upsets, controversy, big hits and game 7’s. Well if we judge by that then the 2nd round should be that much better. The Rangers avoided an upset by pulling out a game 7 win against the 8th seeded Ottawa last night in what proved to be the most unpredictable series in the 1st round.

Out West the 8th seeded Los Angeles managed to beat the first place Vancouver and move on to the next round in just 5 games, they go on to play St. Louis in the 2nd round. We also have the Capitals who face the Rangers, New Jersey Devils playing Philly and Nashville playing Phoenix.

Now it is down to 8 teams to fight for the Stanley Cup this year and I have to say that some early clear cut favorites don’t look like such behemoths anymore. This is the playoffs and anything goes, so who will you pick to win the ultimate prize in hockey?

So this supersonic season has come to an end with all of the playoff bound teams already decided and only one game left for most teams. It sure has been exciting with the trade rumors and trades that took place, the emergence of players like Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook, continuing dominance by Kobe, LeBron and Durant, Linsanity and the latest Ron Artest chapter.

The way it stands now after all the drama is in the East we have in seeding order from top to bottom: Bulls, Heat, Pacers, Celtics, Atlanta, Orlando, New York and Philadelphia. The Western conference looks as such: Spurs, Thunder, Lakers, Clippers, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Mavericks and the Jazz. Question is who will go on to win it all?

While Bulls and Miami are looking like runaway trains in the East it is quite sensible to pay some attention to the Celtics and the Knicks. Behind Rondos historical season and a healthy big three this Boston team is much more than just a hurdle to jump over. They have been playing exceptionally well since the all-star break and look determined to go for the championship one more time. The Knicks even though being one of the most inconsistent teams in the league pose a great threat to anyone. Carmelo Anthony is playing some of the best basketball of his life and Amare Stoudemire is back on the court after his injury. Given the amount of depth this team has in J.R. Smith, Novak,... [More]

Lionel Messi is out for blood and were bringing back the $500 cash back
for the second leg of Champions League with Barcelona playing Chelsea. If Messi
scores first then you can insure your bet up to $500...

Just wanted to hear people’s opinions on
the incident that happened in the Lakers vs Thunder game last night. The game
itself was a classic double over-time thriller in which Kobe showed once again
that as long as he is capable of running the Lakers will never go away. He
forced Russell Westbrook into a 3-22 shooting night while himself had a 9 point
surge in the 4th and then 6 more in the 2nd OT to make
sure his team goes home a winner. He had 26 points in total.

But all of this was overshadowed by what
Meta World Peace (Ron Artest) did with a minute left in the first half. After
driving in for a strong finish over Durant and Ibaka, Meta started to trump his
chest and threw a vicious elbow right behind James Hardens ear. Harden went
down on the floor and left the game with what appears to be a concussion. He
will now have to go through an extensive list of tests and workouts before he
can get back on the floor again. With the NBA’s new concussion rules in effect
it could be some time into the playoffs when the talented Harden could return
to the Thunder lineup.

I watched the replay so many times and I
regretfully have to say that Artest must have felt that someone was by his
side. Was the momentum and emotions he has at that moment too much for him to
stop his elbow in time or was it intentional? The reality is that we will never
know the answer for sure so we could only speculate. A suspension will
definitely follow and it could not... [More]

We are one
week away from what promises to be a memorable playoffs in the NBA. With about
3 games left for every team in the league there is still much to be decided.
The top seeds in both conferences can still go either way. In the West it is
the Oklahoma City Thunder battling San Antonio for the top seed and out East it
is the Bulls trying to hang on to the top spot with Miami determined to catch
them.

Boston,
Atlanta and Orlando are in a 3 way tie for the 4th spot and whoever
loses their grip first will automatically slide down to 6th. Also
Philly still can surpass New York for the 7th seed in the East with
New York dropping to 8th if it happens.

The never
aging Nash is trying to squeeze his Suns team into the post season and this
year will most likely be his last with Phoenix so you can imagine how bad this
2 time MVP wants to play in May. Dalass and Denver are still playing over the 7th
and 6th seeds while the Lakers and Clippers are in an ongoing war
for their Division title.

After
getting plenty of rest many superstars are returning to court as well to get
their rhythm back in time for their post season game. Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen,
Tim Duncan, Derrick Rose, Amare Stoudemire and others are most likely stepping
on the court this weekend for the first time in a few weeks to get their timing
back. All of the above promises us an NBA weekend as exciting as any with 23
games to be played in the next 3 days. For thi... [More]

So with just a few games left in this years
condensed NBA season the playoff picture is starting to shape up. Most of the
teams have already clinched their playoff birth’s but there are still plenty
scenarios to be played out in the seeding of each conference. With the Knicks
now holding a one game lead over Philly for the 7th playoff spot in
the east it is still not a lock that they will make it to the playoffs but
let’s speculate and pretend that they do. What happens next?

After last night’s game against the Celtics
it is quite clear that when this team is on and given Anthony keeps
steamrolling over his opponents that this Knicks squad could pose quite a
problem for teams not only in their conference but in the whole league. Melo
recorded a triple double of 35pts, 12rbs and 10ast last night and has averaged
over 33 points per game in their last 10 outings. Novak and J.R. Smith scored
25 a piece and the Knicks as a team ties a franchise record of 19 three
pointers made.

The real issue comes with the return of
Stoudemire into the lineup, the Knicks have no reliable 2nd scoring
option and he could provide them just that but what effect will it take on
Anthony’s game? Also even though both Smith and Novak are gifted shooters, they
are streaky and cannot be counted on in the long run for being consistent all
the time. Even if Lin comes back from injury, after having a month off he will
need time to get h... [More]

So the most awaited UFC bout in recent months is just days
away. Jon Jones will defend his title when he faces Rashad Evans Saturday
night. This fight though is very different from others mainly because these two
opponents used to be very close friends, training partners and members of the
same gym.

The media is taking advantage of this into making it the
most dramatic fight in history but facts are facts. Evans and Jones in all
reality were very close, so there is no need to exaggerate anything. The
question is what happened between these two people that today they are tied in
one of the fiercest rivalries in the sports history.

It goes beyond just two men, as the gym and the team that
Jon Jones trains with are also split up between whose side they are on. Some
see this as a professional bout between two icons and prefer to say that
emotions don’t get in the way but reality has proven different. It has caused
some in the Jon Jones camp to decline sparring with him or helping him train,
people who have known Evans when Jones was merely a teenager. It caused Evans
to completely part ways with his long time coach, friend and mentor in Greg
Jackson. Evans and Greg worked together for years but now Greg is the main guy
in Jon Jones’s corner and Evans feels betrayed.

According to Evans he along with George St. Pierre are the
reasons that Greg Jackson and his gym are even on the map. Some of that might
actually be true, because wh... [More]

With
all of the drama surrounding Chris Paul in the beginning of this season, Deron
Williams becoming a free agent this summer and Steve Nash proving everyone that
he is an ageless machine, one thing kind of gets lost in conversations: Rajon
Rondo.

After
last night’s game where the Celtics let Garnett, Pierce and Allen stay in
Boston and not even travel with the team so they could rest, I think it is
about time that Rajon Rondo is involved in every debate which talks about upper
echelon point guards. You could say that the lowly Bobcats are an easy team to
overcome but we are in the NBA here and no matter how bad a team might be in
this league, it is still better than 90% of other teams in the world.

Rondo
matured into a leader and with his main weapons not on the floor, he took
charge and set the tone by recording a 12 point and 7 assist first quarter. He
finished the game with 22 and 16, which marked the 22nd consecutive
time the point guard recorded double digit assists. He has already joined the
ranks of John Stockton and Magic Johnson as the only others to achieve the feat
and so far it doesn’t look like he will stop. So after proving that he is the
best player on this Celtics team, is Rondo the best point guard in the league
now as well?

As Floyd Mayweather Jr. is prepping for his
fight against Miguel Cotto on May 5th, Manny Pacquiao is dealing
with another low blow that came in form of a bizarre lawsuit. While trying to
do some good through the Manny Pacquiao Foundation by shipping some “relief
goods” from the United States to the Philippines using an unnamed logistics
company in 2009, the boxer now finds himself tied in a court battle for almost
$36,000 since used clothes do not qualify as “relief goods” under the country
laws. This has dealt yet another blow to Pacquiao’s image and will probably
result in making a super mega fight between him and Mayweather that much more
difficult to make a reality.

Mayweather as always has remained his
arrogant self in the time coming before his fight. His HBO 24/7 special is set
to air on April 14th to let fans in on the action that takes place
behind the scenes in a professional boxer’s world prior to a bout. Cotto is of
course featured on the show as well and it is in a way built like a promotional
reality show to boost the Pay Per View purchases of the fight which will take
place on May 5th in Las Vegas. There will be a 2nd
episode airing on April 21st at 10:30pm ET on HBO titled “Floyd
Mayweather: Speaking Out” with even more suspense building up before the fight.

One thing that people seem to forget about
Mayweather is that as much as he is “hated” and creates an arrogant and cocky
image of himself to the public eye, he ... [More]

By beating Miami two weeks ago with their
defense the C's proved that they deserved to be ranked on the top of pretty much
every defensive stat that is tracked.

Their latest win over Miami last night in
which the Celtics shot an incredible 61 percent from the field was much more unexpected. It
was played in Miami, where the Heat boast a league best home record and even
garnered such comments from LeBron as ''We left Boston feeling awful at our
performance,'' continuing ''I don't feel as bad tonight. Those guys, they were
locked in. Not only did they make their open shots, they made their contested
shots. ... When you've got it going like that, just tip your hat off. We tip
our hat off to them tonight. They won it.''

The Celts could not have found a better
time to peak, with only nine games left in the regular season they sit atop their
division and are well within reach of getting the No. 3 seed in the East.

Rajon
Rondo is a huge part of that success as he has posted double digit assist for
the 18th consecutive game, making it the longest such streak in the
past 20 years. His brilliance along with Paul Pierce’s consistency, Garnett’s
defensive genius and Ray Allen’s much needed hot shooting has these Celtics
marked at +1800 to win it all, this considering that just two months ago the
books had them marked at +3300.

Don’t be surprised if by the start of the
playoffs that number changes even more.

So the Tigers are
off to a hell of a start by steamrolling through the Red Sox and staying
undefeated for the firsts 3 games of the 162 game schedule. There is of course
much more baseball to be played this year but it is still a valiant effort
against a formidable opponent. This comes as no surprise to the bookies thought
as they have adjusted their lines for Detroit to win the AL from +800 to a very
strong +400.

As mentioned
earlier there is a grueling season to be played and history doesn’t prove that
a strong start will result in a successful finish. Let’s look back at the Red
Sox last year when they tipped of the season by going 0-6 and 2-10. Everyone in
the Boston camp was having a nervous breakdown at first, until of course the
Red Sox crushed everything in their path for the whole summer, only to collapse
again come September. Baseball is a game of endurance; with such a challenging
schedule nearly every team in the league will have their improbable runs at
glory on any given month of the MLB game calendar.

At the end of the
day though it matters when people put their money where their mouth is and with
most punters backing the Tigers to get over 93.5 season wins and going from
+1600 to a cozy +800 to win the 2012 World Series, you have to say their play
in the 1st three games of their schedule has warranted such respect
from the sports betting world.

The 2011-2012 NHL season has been promising so far and many of the power house clubs are atop their respective conferences as expected. One of the biggest stories of this season has been Sydney Crosby, the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He missed his first 20 games of the season due to symptoms from a concussion which he suffered previously. Upon his return to the ice on November 21 his mark on the team was undeniable. In 8 games played, Crosby recorded 12 points but unfortunately for the Penguins the concussion side effects returned and Sydney decided it would be wise for him to take a leave from the game until he feels that he is physically ready to comeback to the ice.

March 15th marked the day of Crosby’s return to the team and his presence alone proved to be one of the biggest market changers in the NHL. Prior to his return last week the Penguins were +500 to win the EC and +1100 for the SC. The picture is quite different now with the new numbers standing at +175 for the EC and +450 for the SC. Talk about a player being an apparent MVP candidate without even playing for much of the season.

Now when you want to talk about the conference as a whole the biggest topic is the Rangers, Penguins and Flyers. These three behemoths are gunning for first place in the Atlantic Division and are literally within one or two games separating the three. Given the way they are steamrolling thought the competition it might be a safe bet to make at $2.90 on either one of ... [More]

Activities offered by advertising links to other sites may be deemed an illegal activity in certain jurisdictions. Viewers are specifically warned that they should inquire into the legality of participating in any games and/or activities offered by such other sites. The owner of this website assumes no responsibility for the actions by and makes no representation or endorsement of any of these games and/or activities offered by the advertiser. As a condition of viewing this website viewers agree to hold the owner of this website harmless from any claims arising from the viewer’s participation in any of the games and/or activities offered by the advertiser.